Adam Huttly

A Hobby, a bird of prey with grey upperparts and stripy chest & yellow feet sat on a branch looking at the photographer. Pic Mark James.

Hobby along the west side at Pagham today

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Target sps achieved today; Spot Fly.
3 around Rewell Wood, a few Crossbills, Coal tits, Ravens, Peregrine and a single Hawfinch. 36 sps in total. #UkBirding

Thankfully the East Sussex RN Phalarope made it closer to home (if its the same bird)as I couldn't make it yesterday! Thanks to Ads B for quick news and find 👊🏼
@selseybirder.bsky.social #UkBirding

May Peninsula total 165, which is third highest total for any month.
Year so far: 198 by two highest ever at this stage.
Adds: to the year:
Spot Fly, Turtle Dove, Golden Oriole, Sooty Shear, Beeeater, Nightjar, Puffin, LT Skua, Wood Sand, Curlew Sand, Collared Pratincole, Honey Buzzard and Quail.

One of the lingering Sanderlings around Selsey.
An Artic Skua and Sooty Shearwater made up for a fairly quiet day. @selseybirder.bsky.social #UkBirding

Honey Buzzard

Honey Buzzard

Great supporting cast for the Honey Buzzards in Sussex. Including White-tailed Eagle, Crossbill, Bullfinch, Peregrine, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Kites etc..
#Ukbirding

I had one buried into my side ( rib area ) last week- how did that get there !!

A good walk of 8k after work around local patch gave incredible views of a Hobby that just sat there completely unphased by me passing underneath it. Mandarin duck made for a nice shot in good light on Decoy pond, Angmering. #UkBirding #lowcarbonbirding

Well done Dan, great find.

Turtle Dove

Iceland Gull in flight

Tree Sparrpw

A pair of Tree Sparrows.

Target sps achieve today in East Sussex - Tree Sparrow.
Also this week around Sussex, Iceland Gull, Turtle Dove, Purple Sandpipers plus many warblers, Hobbies etc.

Some great VisMig this afternoon over the house with 71 Red Kites. 62 NE and 11 South.
Around Selsey this week, Least Sand still, SEO, Temmincks Stint, GWE, Manx Shearwaters, Nightjar in off at the Bill, 2 x Poms and 2 x Arctic Skuas.
#UkBirding

SDFBI survey for @sussexornitholo.bsky.social around Peppering Farm, Burpham at the weekend.
#UkBirding #Sussexbirds

3 Cuckoos at @rspb.bsky.social Pulborough this morning made for good viewing from the café, and stole the show.
Green-winged Teal was a good Sussex tick although a bit underwhelming as its slept !!
#SussexBirds #UkBirding

Over the next 2 weeks we will be talking a lot about the Big Give & our support of vital habitat restoration at the Sidlesham Ferry Pool & its surrounding areas.

Keep an eye out for more info on how you can help this iconic bird site in Sussex along with our partners.
@selseybirder.bsky.social

A good day around Selsey with sea watching this afternoon producing 3 Bonxies and 3 Arctic Skuas, 1xLP 2DP.
Plenty of Little Terns about, a few Common and many Sandwich.
Fulmars, BT Divers, whimbrel etc #UkBirding #Sussexbirds

Plenty to see in the UK albeit more South and S/W. (Per @birdguides.bsky.social )
Keep looking 😁

Hoopoe in a stubble field

Hoopoe in a Willow tree

2 Hoopoe this afternoon at the North Wall Pagham.
Incredible to have one perched singing in a tree. Tricky surroundings all the time for photos, but pretty special to hear.
#UkBirding #Sussexbirding

A few sps of note around Climping this morning. More Whitethroats, a few Willow Warblers and many Blackcaps and Chiffs.
Sea was fairly quiet with just 4 Whimbrel, 2 Little Terns a Fulmar and a few Brents and Scoters through East being the best.

8k walk from home around Angmering. First Whitethroat of the year and so good to find something a bit different - Green Sandpiper in the last of the water. 7 Wheatears, a few Swallows and a Willow Warbler were the best from 46 sps. #UkBirding #lowcarbonbirding

Saw a Short-eared Owl in flight which seemed to drop miles away, but clearly didn't as walked into it a few minutes later. First Wheatear too in the same area, Angmering.
#UkBirding

A couple of distant shots of the Least Sandpiper found by P Bowley at the Stilt Pool, Medmerry, Chichester. Hard going but was finally rewarded after a lot of searching. #UkBirding #sussexbirds

42 sps in a 10k walk from home this morning covering Angmering and Black Ditch.
Highlights were Barn Owl, Kingfisher and plenty of Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings. Little Egret in small area of water with 2 GBBG's.
First Small Tortoiseshell of Spring also.
#lowcarbonbirding #UKBirding

Good start to Spring with this Bluethroat found by DS across at Brooklands, Worthing. Great Sussex tick for me. #UKBirding
#Sussexbirds

Turnstone sitting on concrete by Bob Eade

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The Big Farmland Bird Count is from the 2nd-18th Feb 25 & we are teaming up with farmers & land owners from the Arun 2Adur farm cluster to create connections, share knowledge & help with bird I.D.
Details below if you want to join us.
www.sos.org.uk/archives/6262
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Calling all photographers and artists. If you have any images or artworks you'd like to submit for the 2024 Sussex Bird Report, please follow the three simple steps below. As always, many thanks! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

You should be able to find details here;

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2 Tundra Bean Geese

Bewick Swans

Tree Sparrows

East Sussex: This afternoon 2 Tundra Bean Geese feeding in fields east of the Scotney Sand Pit with Greylags, a Brent Goose and 2 Barnacle Geese, also 7 Bewick Swans there, the Tree Sparrow flock, a Green Sandpiper, c400 Golden Plover, Merlin etc. #Sussexbirding #UKBirding